Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Xerafins - João V Dio mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
|---|---|
| Year | 1721-1726 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 5 Xerafins (5⁄2) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | D-O |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 1721 D-O - J5 96.01 - 1723 D-O - J5 96.02 - 1724 D-O - J5 96.03 - 1726 D-O - J5 96.04 - |
| Additional information |
João V's Goa mint produced this issue during a period when the Estado da India was hemorrhaging territory and trade revenue to the Dutch and British, yet the Crown maintained gold coinage partly as a political signal of continued Iberian authority over what remained of its eastern possessions. The xerafim denomination itself derived from the Arabic *ashrafi*, a linguistic fossil of the pre-Portuguese monetary order that Lisbon never bothered to erase.
The Dio attribution in KM#15.2 distinguishes this from the Goa-struck variety — Diu's mint operated intermittently and its output was substantially smaller.